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From the Boston Bulge
The following story, although not local, Is too
good 10 drop into oblivion, and the Saunterer, TO
whom it was told, gives it circulation: In Yer
mont county court an unpromising-lookinS wit
ness was being badyered by elean-cut lawyer.
who stands high IN his profession, and VINO. al
though Wen advanced In years and completely
bald, prides himself upon hts youthful appearance
and personal presence
The point aimed "a was TO determine which OF
two barns. one OF which was destroyed by nre. was
covered By insurance; and the method OF the Wit
ness In distinguishing them as the sold and the
anew" barn, caused the lawyer TO branch out In a
series OF confusing questions. winding up with,
'W bat il the age OF the one you define as the old
barn, and what are the distinguishing marks that
sJtes,: us age:' wall said the Oadgered Wit
ness. lOOkng the lawyer straight in the eye, 'the
Old barn must have been as old as you are, and
needed sAinging flu as bad
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A RaffleSnake,x Rile.

n 1Adat1cSldAc'S nltcs
DEATH FROM THE POISON AT THE END OF THREE
MONTHS.
man Of the name OF Hackett has been for
some years large lumberman in Wisconsin, and
While attending TO his own property also acted as
manager for the timDerlan in Vance Township,
Me-, belonging TO Mr.. Geo. Goodridge, Of Deering,
Me. In October last Mr.. Hackert was examining
his timber and sat down on the grass to
eat his lunch. AS he put his hand down to
pick up a biscuit, that member came in contact
with what looked like a knObbed stick At the
same time an OMNIBUS rattle was heard and Mr.
Hackett felt a sharp bite In the hand. He drew
the hand back quickly, knowing he was bitten by
rattlesnake, as the country abounds in the rep
tiles The prescribed remedy for rattIesnake bite
Is whisky, the victim drinking until tntOxicatiOn
possible and drank all he could. About Thanks
giving MI. Hackett came east to see Mr. Goodridge
about his property. When he reached Montreal
his hand became very red and fndamed
and gave him a great deal Of trouble
1t improved somewhat later, but after he
reached Portland, and was staying at the Preble
House, the Inflammation returned. He went out
to Mr. GoOdridge's TO pass few days, and there
he suffered worse than before from the workings
OF The poison. But even then he never seemed to
anticipate serious ending TO the trouble The
other day MIR. GOOdridge received Information
that MT. Hackett had died from the effects OF the
bite only few days previous He was q very
smart, active man. about 30 years old, and leaves
q widow.
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Deaths Concealed.

From the LoLdon Truth.
Count Belst, in his memoirs, tells rather grim
story OF how Count BrunnOw concealed his wiles
death for three days, keeping, meanwhile, the
body In ice, In order that the disclosure OF the
melancholy even: should not east shadow on the
festivities then IN progress in the celebration OF
the marriage OF the Duke OF Edinburgh and the
ATchcucheSS Marie. II is not generally known
that. for similar reasons, the death OF the late
Prince AIbrecht OF Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm
brother was kept concealed for longer period.
The prince actually died on the eve OF the visit to
Berlin OF the Gar and the Emperor OF Austria In
the autumn OF 1872. That visit lasted for week,
and iG was not until the pOtentateS had quilted
PruSsian soil. and the echo OF the festivities had
died away, that Prince Abrecht was proclaimed
dead, and the mourning for him began. Here,
therefore, TWO DrecedentS for the tories Of Ply
mouth cynically eOlcealiBg the news OF the death
of Lord lddesieigh until they had finished their
hal
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Bismarck and the Length Of Hi. Life.
From the Pail Mall Gazette
Prince Bismarcks second speech is chiefly inter-
est1ng because OF his declaration that, although he
expected to live three years longer be expected to
Gle before seven had passed. He gave this as one
OF the reasons why he refused to interfere with the
Septennate. Prince Bismarck is now SEVENTY.
In5ee. ne anticipates death between 1890 and
sesenty-six and to die before he is eighty 1t is
not every one who calculates so closely as to The
probable duration of his existence. 1t would he a
very interesting subject to investigate how far the
plahs OF statesmen are thus modified by their ex-
pectations OF life. 1t used to be said that both
our oid man IN hurry" and our ''young man In
o hurry were impatient from the same cause Mi.
Giadstones age precludes the possibility OF many
Years OF prolonged activity. and Lord Randolphs
constitution Is SO impaired that medical authort.
tles are said to have warned him not to expect
more than I'VE or six years OF career. That may
pc mythical. but there is no doubt that the con-
seriousness that MIR. Gladstone has only few
gOiden years TO live dominates every calculation OF
MI Parnell, and probably If the truth were known
OF every politician in Parliament.
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Killed with n S,,oou
A CIR. HELD FOB IRE DEATH OF A CHILD SHE III


A GIRL. HELD FoR IRE DEATH OF CHILD SHE HAD
STRSED
Six-yeari0ld Joseph kasper whose parents are
cigar makers living In New YORK died on Mon
day, January 81 An autopsy subsequently made
By Deputy Coroner HerOld showed a co,apound
oppressed fracture Of the skull. The mother OF
the child expressed her conviction that the child
had been killed by Barbara Pokarna. a Bohe-
mian woman whom she employed TO take care
OF her children while she and her husband were ar
work. be had told bis mother shortly before his
death that Barbara struck him on the head with
a spoon, Dut be begged his mother not 10 saw any
thing. shell hit me when yOu's away IL Won,
d." was the little fellows plea The servant
denied having harmed the lad. Claiming that Ihe
injury was produced by his failing from chair
Steps were taken toward the arrest OF the ytrI
and on saturday she acknowledged 10 the mother
who had perSiSLently questioned her that she
struck the child with spoon Her EXPLANATION
WAS that she was .SpOOn-feeding" another child
u Daby-when there was 4 crash In the rDorn
caused by the falling or plank which Joseph had
placed across TWO chairs and had been lylEg upon
She shocked by the noise and SpranS aftsr
the little fellow, who crOuched down behind a
door. She staunched the blood that began 10 now
and honestly thought that the injury resulted
from the fall. Since the little fellows burial she
thought over the circumstances and IL occurred 10
her That she had spoon In her hand when She
struck the boy An inquest was held Tuesday bJ
Coroner MESSENGER. when Mrs. kaSper and Barbara
both testified The jury gave a verdict holding
her accOQ ntaDle for the BOYS death The coroner
committed her 10 answer charge OF manslaughter.
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Electric Lights and Eires.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
One OF the valuable suggestions to those who
use electric lights which comes from the inyesti.
cation into the Temple theater fire relates to the
extinguishment OF fire caused by electricity.
Fhe first thing to be done should be the cutting or
OF the current which causes the fire. This should
be done either by The switch provided for the pur
pose or by stopping the dynamo. Pouring on wa
Ter or the mixtures In hand grenadeS or other FIRE
while the current is still on Is calc,-
lated 10 aggraTate the fire and increase the dan
ger Until the current is shut off no water should
De poured upon such fire. That is the first fule
IN an electric light fire, which, though it may ap-
pear formidable while the current Is on NAV turn
out TO be small and easily extinguished when the
etectr1c arc" Is cut of and nothing remains bvG
the burning wood or other cOmbustlble no mrre
dangerous because it was lighted by electricity
Than II ignited by match or gas flame. In the
exclte1nent attending fire water is a natural re-
source, but the lesson must be learned that in an
eleccrlc lire water is not only not cure but NAV
add 10 the danger, SO long as the current OF cleo
tnclty continues to flow through wires between
which an "arc" may be formed.
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A CoLoRED Ex-CLERGyMAN SUED FOR BREACH
OF PRoMIsE-The Philadelphia Press says: In the
circuit court yesterday, before Justice Parker,
Rev. George Burton, colored Of Camden, formerly
pastor but now deacon OF the Union African
Methodist church, was sued for $1,000 damages
Tor preach OF promise. Mrs. Laura johnson. a
widow, living on Chestnut street, is the complain
ant, and alleges that the minister made her pres
May, and again on the 10th of Nav. 1856 Since
then ne has married another woman and when
mrs. Johnson discovered her lovers per1ldy her
unable to work, and thereby lost about $3.50
curing the summer. She also purchased we'd
ding rousseau at the expense of$5O. Several wit
nesseS teStined In behalf OF the widow and said
the minister bad promised to marry her.
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PREACHED AT, PRAYED OVER AND THRAEHED-
Regulators are at work In the backwoOds OF Ches-
Ter county, s. G. They are ignorent men and wo-
men VINO are banded together to purify their neigh
ness and are very religious and they always hold
prayer meetings. =, before going out on raids. Their
practlce Is 70 go TO the house OF q person whom
they think in need Of correction and take him out
into the woods and, after delivering him speech
on the enectS OF his continued evil doing, pray
over MIN ana then apply the lash. The number
OF lasheS depends on the enormity OF the crime
After chastlsement the regulators warn their VIC
Tim that tne treatment viii be repeated for every
those VINO nave received attentions from the regI-
lators are vioators OF the prohibition laws, dis
man was severely whipped for living openly with
coiored woman, while colored man found In
tae mouse az the time OF the raid was whipped for
being tn bad company.
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Shot by His Brother.

FATAL ENDING OF QCARREL THAT WAS BEGUN By
KNOCKING OFF HATS.
difficulty ending in the death of Monroe Clark
occurred Tuesday evening about three miles from
New Hope, Ky. Nick Clark, a brother Of Monroe,
with three other men were getting out some tim
Der In the woods adjoining Nick's house, when
Monroe came up and began knocking the boys
hats on. Coming up to Nick he took his hat or
and tore II To pieces, whereupon Nick struck him
In the face. Monroe then started toward home,
and called back to Nick TO prepare himself, as he
TO settle with him. Nick went home to his dinner
and had Just finished hts meal, when, looking out
a. q side window, he saw Monroe coming around
from rack over the door and Jumped out. In
doing so his feet struck on rock, turning him
hall round. Then Monroe fired, woundnV him
In the night arm and back. He returned the IRE
hitting Monroe In the face and Killing him In.
SANITY The dead man leaves . wife and nve
little children.
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A Book AGENT CLEANS OUT SCHooL-The pupils
OF the Union school, in Celina, O., stampeded
In a singular manner one day this week. They
have been trained to march out Of the building at
the sound OF the fire-alarm going at the Supertn-
tendent's door. To-day a book agent called at Su-
perintendent Harters Office door, On the second
floor, and, finding that gentleman out, concluded
to summon him by pulling what he supposed was
the doOr-bel Accordingly, s'clang! clang!' rang
out all over the building, and in ten seconds six
hundred children were marching in good order
from weat they supposed was scene OF danger.
leading the surprised book agent to the door, pro-
PEELED him vigorously into the surrounding atmos-
phere,
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NIurderous NToonshtners.


NAN AND WIFE BRUTALITY TREATED By RUFFIANs
IN THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS
The revival OF mOOnShinerS in the mountains of
Georgia, which has already resulted in the murder
of old man Goddard and A. Howard is marked by
constantly recurring crimes. The latest Develop
ment comes from Gilmer county, where band OF
masked moonshiners have spread terror through
the neighborhood. Sunday night the family Of
John E. Newberry was asleep and the first 1ntima-
ton he had OF impending danger was the APP
pearance OF three men, disguised. with lamp
dOuble-barreled shotgun and a 3S-caliber
Smith & WeSsan revolver. He Jumped out OF
bed, when they dubbed him with large
hickory stick. During the melee which en-
sued Newberry's wife tore away the masks
OF two OF the men, and told them ii they would let
her husband alone she would not tell on them.
They replied with an oath that they would kill him.
His wife wrenched gun from the man who held
1t, when he grabbed her by the hair and 1erked
her down. They then seized Newberry by the
hair and dragged him some twenty steps from the
house, Knocked him down with club, and, think
ing him dead, fled. Newberry and his wife fought
desperately, and when they dragged him out of the
house her screams brought David Fowler, and he
found Newberry unconscious Monday morning j.
?. Fowler was coming to Ellijay to meet his
brother from Atlanta, and On approaching a
stream he found note which read: "If anything is
said or sworn in court some revenue reporter will
be killed II rife gun from the bushes will do it."
NeWDerry was accused Of reporting the men in
that community TO the revenue department. and
this assault Is supposed to be the outgrowth Of
malice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-12

Richest gifts are those we make.
Dea-er than the love We take
That We give Tor loves own sake.
Hands that ope but to receive
Empty close they only hive
Eichly who can richly give.
He who giving, does not crave
Likest IL u HiIa who gave
Lite itsaH the loved 20 save
Love that self-torgetful gives,
Soys surprise OF rIPeped sheayes,
Late o. soon its Own receives.
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DR.. Crosby Makes a Sensation.
HE CONDEMNS TEMPERANCE PLEDGES AND SAYS A
MAN IS FOOL NOT TO DRINK cLAREr
A telegram from New Brunswick, February 10.
says: Dr.. Howard Crosby's lecture On 1.-THE Scrip
tural View OF Temperance, befoSe the students OF
the theological seminary at Rutgers college last
night, has created considerable excitement among
the temperance people and cergymen here and a
number Will reply to DR.. Crosby from their pul.
pits or. sunday. In introducing his remarks DE
Crosby said: "For the past twenty years / have
been called Il hereto. and am going to give Won
my heresy this evening. 'Far be It from me to de-
cry the evils OF intemperance" he confined, ''but
Claim that there are two other prevailing sins
which, while intemperance counts It's victims by
refer TO the social vice, 1mpurity, and the greed
for money. No method OF lighting intemperance
can stand Tor moment which condemns the use
OF wine.
DR.. Crosby characterized the theory of two kinds
OF wine as the greatest piece OF stupidity which
the human mind hal harbOred in these latter
days, and denied the existence OF such a thing as
unTermented wine. eve must deal with the sin
or intemperance," he continued, "as with any
other sin. We need no societies for it. don't be-
Heve in the pledge. believe the history Of the
pledge has shown it to be failure l don't believe
ance work"
Prof. Doolittle arose at this point and asked DR..
crosby whether, II a young man called at his
house, he would advise his giving him wine as
freely as he would lemonade or coffee. DR.. Crosby
this: II you want glass OF claret with your beef
steak Tomorrow morning, and can afford to have
II, and don't have IL, you are a fooln
great sensation followed this utterance
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The Relief Of a ssGood Cry.,

froDn the American Homeopathlsf-
A French physician contends that groaning
and crying are two operations by which nature al
LAYS anguish. and that those patients who give way
totheir natural feelings more speedily recover
than those who suppose it unworthy TO betray
such symptoms OF feeling. He tells OF man who
reduced his pulse from I26 80 in the course OF
few hours by giving full vent to his emotion. II
people are unhappy about anything let them 90
Into their roogns and comfort themselves with q
loud b0o-noo and they viii feel1OO per cent better
AfterHard-
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As to the Morality of the Waltz.

New Haven Special to the New York Times
Middle Haddam, in this state, is now eutoyinp n
lively row that is going on among the Good Tenn
piars over religion and dancing. Evergreen hall
the headquarters Of the Good Templars, is like
wise the place where the principal entertainments
are held short time ago the young people Of
the place secured the hall for Dance but several
any morality in dancing suddenly and stubbornIy
oOleceo 10 the use OF the hall for any such unhai-
i iOWed purpose: The young people raised a revo-
lulionary howl and won some or the Good Tenn
piais 70 their side. This caused an internal dis
rnpuon IN the temperance organization, and a
voIe was taken regarding the prOpriety OF letting
DeIA le1 by the Rev. MIR. Chondler, Won the VIC
t t1[S ny majority OF TWO over the partizans OF
NY WAIVERS, marshaled by Arthur Worthington.
Inc lnoment0us question has been submitted to
Tue ulstrlct deputy grand master as to whether
uanClns would denle temperance hall and render
II unit for the use OF Good TempIars
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A World Of Seeming.

1t is world of seeming:
Inc changcless moon seems changing ever:
The sun sets daily, but sets never;
SO near the stars and yet so far;
so small they seem, SO large they arei
1t Is . world Of seeming
And so it seems that she is dead:
Yet so seems only: for instead,
Her life Is lst begun and this
IS Dnt an empty chrysalls
MHlie she unseen to mortal ewes
now wins her way in brighter skies
Beyond this world of seeming
HENRY AMEs BLooD
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IHE POPE VIII. NOT RECEDE.-In consequence of
the recent speeches Of leaders OF the German CEN
ter party the papal secretary OF state has sent
another letter to the NunciO at Munich saying
that the pope, in spite OF the declarations OF the
centers leaders, maintains the views expressed in
the former letters. The Prussan ministerial coun-
Gil has decided to postpone the submission OF the
church bill the landtag until after the reichstao
elections The extent Of the revision OF the May
laws depends upon the pliability of the center A
number OF conservatives In the Oberhaus are not
willing to consent to the return OF the religious
orders and will require strong pressure and rea-
sons to induce them TO Yield.
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Bound TO Move, Anyhow.

From the Arkansas Traveller.
In the Arkansaw legislature Member from
White Oak Fork: "Mr. Speaker, you, sir, have
doubtless read something concerning the tarirf.
Sir, am opposed to all kinds OF oppression, and
therefore move you, sir, that we abolish the tariff :"
Speaker-'That power belongs exclusively to
Congress-
"And hasn't the state Of Arkansaw got anything
70 do with 1t Pr
ssNon
Then, sir. I was laboring under o misappre-
nenAon. Al arose TO make motion will With
draw my tariff motion aud move you, sir, that
we adjourn till ] O'CLOCK
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Prussia,s Richest Man.

Berlin Dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph.
The Official income tax returns Just published
shows that the man who is rated highest In all
Prussia is Herr Krupp OF Essen. His income is
assessed at more than IS, 100000 marks, or ESQ.,
600, on which he pays 151 200 marks. or f7,560
annually. Next comes Baron Rothschild, OF Frank
Tort .on-the-Main, With an income Of 2,75O,OOO,
paying tax OF 81, 900. marks, Or f4,O5O per an
Baron Bleichroder, OF Berlin, with an income OF
about 100000 marks, paying an annual tax of
Us. 400 marks, or 93,4 The two next richest
men In Prussia are two SileSian ironmaSters The
only other PrusSianS with an income OF over
,OOO. 600 marks are Baron Hansemann and a
Westphallan magnate, each OF whom pays rather
more than 81, 800 a year to the Treasury
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FIRE BUGS BROUGHT Down BY PIsroIs.-A special
from Pine Hill, Ark, says: ''There has been good
deal OF excitement here lately over the work OF
gang OF tncendtar1es, who have infested this city
Saturday night q cOttOn-gtn Of a man named
Allen was set On fire and was burned to the ground
Loss. 5000. Sunday night the public school
house and one OF the churches were destroyed by
fire. Monday night shertfrs posse started In
search OF the tncendiarteS and found them some
distance from the town. They resisted arrest
and the police opened fire on them, mortally
Wounding Two. The other one OF the party es-
capped.
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A SCHOONER OvRRRUN BY CENrrpEDEs-Capt.
Hall, OF the schooner Lucy r. Harvey arrived at
Philadelphia from Port au Prince and saws when
the vessel was few days out large number OF
poisonous centipedes were discovered crawling
about the deck. The crew, all negroes were dread
fully frightened but with buckets OF hot water
drove the reptiles Of. few days later the galley
was Swarming with centipedes. The crew were so
terror-strtcken that they took to the rigging and
remained aloft two days During that time big
Newfoundland dog was bitten, and died in awful
agony. gale came up and the heavy seas swept
the reptiles overheard
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CAUGHT By VERY OLD TRIcK-Andrew J.
dropped g 900 to four bunco steerers in room In
Inc 1readway building In Norwich, Conn.,, Thurs
uay. one OF the confidence men approached Frink
On tae street and represented himself to be the
son Oh PRESIDENT johnson, OF the Norwich National
DanK he then invited Frink to his room to pre-
S SSng MIN duplicate or valuable book he had.
lame. Frink was induced to play and won SlOC
~ rI0 0ao this he was easily persuaded to draw
$SVUO from deposit he had in the Thames
National bank to show as an evidence Of rOod
iaith." The farmer put up all his ssboodle," and
sne Snaps" ned, taking the three O'Clock train ON
the New London Northern railroad.
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LOOKING For FEMALE DIsCIPLEs-An INTELLIGENT
0oaing negro, Henry Jones' is creating excitei1ent
anong Ine colored people OF ClarendCn county, s.
one9 70 reveal the future to his c0lored Brethren,
a. 1s tnem wild stories about che near approach
0ieds OF his ignorant listeners Implicitly believe
Uno oI MS prophecies is that there Is to be q
,l.uas Two years hence, and dollar In gold wont
oorS Two quarts OF corn. Jones also tells hts
pGuple mat Jesus has commissioned him to select
c;uI VI the sisters Of the church to be his dis
e,paos 10 follow him through the world He has
MIN on his rounds
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A MURDERoUs YOUNG MAN KILLS. G1RI-Otto
White, 9, years old. in New York Thursday night,
went to the residence OF his stepmother Elizab beth
girl, wounded his stepmother In the cheek, and
lied. Young Whites father died about three
months ago, leaving his entire effects to his Wife,
The girl answered Whites ring at the door bell,
ne supposed 1T was his stepmother and fred with
the result stateo. Ills stepmother who had re-
fired her
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A LETTER THIEF CONFEssEs Hrs GunT.-Frank
w. wooster, postmaster at Huntington Conn.,
cnarged With VIII opening letters and stealing the
contenIS, nad nearing Thursday before Commits
sloner Platt. He admits the theft OF letters and
VIII be bound over TO the United States district
court. wooster was appointed in 1877